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Welcome to my website. You can use this site to find out how to contact me, or to find about more about me and Bristol East.
It also includes regular updates on issues and campaigns in which I am involved and, in the news section, what I have been doing in Bristol and in Westminster. You can also use this site to access my blog.

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The week ahead

This week in Parliament...
Monday: Parliament will be debating the Queen’s Speech. In the afternoon there will be Parliamentary Briefing Event on the Groceries Code Adjudicator. Kerry will attend Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East annual Parliamentary reception.
Tuesday: Kerry will meet with the Shadow FCO Team. Kerry will then meet with female MPs from Afghanistan and Pakistan to discus Women, Peace and Security in the region. Kerry will attend the Queen's Speech debate on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
Wednesday: Kerry will attend Prime Minister’s Questions, followed by the Queen’s Speech debate on the cost of living. Later in the day, Kerry will attend the Fabian Society launch- "Waste not want not: How fairness concerns can drive attitudes to food waste"
Thursday: Parliament will be debating the Queen's Speech debate focusing on jobs and growth. Kerry will then return to Bristol.
Friday: Kerry will visit a charity shop in Bristol East to mark ‘choose a charity shop week’. Kerry will then meet with representatives from Unite the Union. In the afternoon Kerry will meet her constituents at her regular advice surgery. In the evening Kerry will meet with local Labour Party members.

Latest news


Bristol East MP speaks out against EDL March
14 May 2012
Labour MP for Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy, has spoken out against plans to allow the EDL to march in Bristol on the same day when Bristol holds its annual Pride. Kerry has called upon the Police and Bristol City Council to reconsider allowing the march to go ahead on the 14th July and has urged all parties to consider the potential risk to public safety. While the freedom to protest must be respected, Kerry has said the EDL’s message of intolerance and their reputation of intimidation and public disorder is contrary to what the vast majority of decent Bristolians stand for.
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Kerry McCarthy MP Backs Campaign for Equal Marriage
The MP for Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy has joined Labour’s campaign to ensure equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples. Labour strongly believes that gay and lesbian couples should have an equal right to marry and deserve the same recognition from the state and society as anyone else. Couples who love each other and want to make a long-term commitment to each other should be able to marry, regardless of their gender or their sexuality.
Feeding the 5000 - Kerry backs Food Poverty Event
This Saturday 12th May, a delicious, free hot lunch will be prepared for members of the public at College Green, Bristol, using good quality food that would have otherwise been wasted. Feeding the 5000 Bristol will highlight the unacceptably high levels of good food which is currently wasted and action that can be taken to reduce it.
KERRY MCCARTHY MP PRODUCES HOT AIR TO SUPPORT CYSTIC FIBROSIS WEEK
Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy had her lung function tested to see how their result compared with someone with Cystic Fibrosis to highlight the devastating impact of the disease for Cystic Fibrosis Week 2012.
Kerry McCarthy MP: ‘Gay Rights are Human Rights’
The Shadow Foreign Minister for Human Rights, Kerry McCarthy MP, has spoken out against the ongoing persecution of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgendered people in Uganda. Speaking in a Parliamentary debate on Human Rights in Uganda, Kerry McCarthy said that the abuse of gay men and women’s human rights could not be justified by people’s religious beliefs, no matter how deeply-held, and she condemned moves that would see same-sex relationships be punished with life imprisonment or even the death penalty in the country.

Blog

“Booze shame” in Bristol!
Late blogging about this story, but still worth a mention. The Bristol Evening Post ran a feature a few days ago about the “Booze Shame List”. Bristol, you will no doubt be relieved to know, doesn’t have as many shameful boozing hussies as other cities. We only have four. “Booze shame girls list revealed – [...]
Politics Home awards
Some interesting nominations in this year’s Politics Home awards. Steve Rotheram certainly deserves his speech of the year nomination for the Hillsborough debate, and so does Tom Watson for his speech on hacking – although I think I’d go with Steve for the speech, and Tom has got to win MP of the year, surely? [...]
Private Members’ Bills ballot update
Further to my post earlier this week about the Private Members’ Bills ballot, here is the result: John McDonnell Richard Ottaway Barbara Keeley Gavin Barwell Peter Aldous John Hemming Neil Carmichael Sir Paul Beresford Richard Harrington Mike Weir Stuart Andrew Sheryll Murray Lindsay Roy John Glen Jo Swinson Mark Hendrick Simon Kirby Michael Meacher Michael [...]
The dairy debate
Interesting… Have had a couple of emails this week from Bidwells Agribusiness (who I’ve never heard of) urging me and presumably all other MPs to complete a survey about the UK dairy industry. £5 goes to FARM-Africa (or a couple of other charities) if you do. After a few opening questions like do you think [...]
PMB Ballot
On Thursday we’ll find out the results of the Private Members’ Bills Ballot. 20 lucky backbenchers will get their names pulled out of a hat, which means they get priority listing for debate on a Friday. I say ‘names’ – actually there’s a book, with numbers listed chronologically, and MPs get to choose what number [...]

Latest tweets

RT @politicshomeuk: The House asked Alan Johnson if he should have stood as Labour leader. His reply? "Johnno regrette rien…" http://t.c ...
17 May 2012
What do people think of this? Publication of a 'booze shame' list for 'girls'. http://t.co/BhxkNux3 #feminist
17 May 2012
@Wazirstan1 @Firebird734 Hope you are as concerned about massive under-reporting? Conviction rates as low as 4%? Men getting away with it?
17 May 2012
@blacflag @PSbook Well you're not wrong there.
17 May 2012
@johnmcdonnellMP I agree, but good to have PMBs that have chance of becoming law?
17 May 2012
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